Even Qingdou and Kinoshita Mai, who had extraordinary physical skills, had to hold their breath and concentrate, not daring to relax.

Finally... after climbing over a cliff, the terrain became a little smoother, and I was able to walk on two legs without having to climb up and down.

Thanks to this, Qingto finally had the opportunity to talk to Kinoshita Mai:

"...What a surprise."

Kinoshita Mai blinked in confusion:

"Huh? What's wrong?"

Qingden turned his head and looked at Kinoshita Mai with a smile on his face.

"I thought you, Xiao Si, and Sanako would try to persuade me not to mess around."

After hearing this, Kinoshita Mai slightly curved the corners of her mouth and laughed dumbly.

"Because we know you very well."

"Even if I advise you not to mess around, you won't listen, right?"

Speaking of this, Kinoshita Mai raised her eyes and cast a look that was half reproachful and half helpless towards Qingden.

Qingdeng laughed and did not refute.

Because it is indeed the case.

Even if Sanako, Kinoshita Mai and Souji join forces to dissuade Aoto, he will not change his mind.

No matter what, he wants to break into Gaotori Castle alone!

There is no reason.

Just pure desire!

"I'm not going to tell you to 'stay in camp.'"

Kinoshita Mai continued.

"But... you have to come back safely!"

After saying that, she stretched out her little fist towards Qingdeng.

Qingdeng saw this and stretched out his fist.

Two fists, one big and one small, faced each other in the air.

"It's over!"

…

…

Just when the time was about to reach 1 o'clock in the morning, the two finally arrived at the base of the wall of Takatori Castle!

The location they were currently in was the area between Sannomaru and Kunimizura.

According to the map, this is the weakest part of Kotori Castle.

This place is like a delicate neck, connecting Sannomaru and Kunimizhao. If an attack can be launched here, Takatori Castle can be cut into two parts that are not connected to each other. It is actually the best attack position.

The troops of the Tenchu ​​Group are really too weak. Guarding a large city of this size with only 300 troops is like asking a child to wear adult clothes. It is impossible to achieve "one post at three steps, one sentry at five steps".

, so they can only focus on key areas.

And this gave Ayoto and Kinoshita Mai an opportunity to take advantage of.

Qingden raised his ears and listened carefully to the sounds around him.

After confirming that there were no enemies behind the city wall, he raised his eyes and gave Kinoshita Mai a look.

Kinoshita Mai nodded lightly, then rustled out of the bush where she was hiding.

The city wall is about 5 meters high...for ordinary people, this is an insurmountable obstacle.

However, to Kinoshita Mai, a city wall of this height is nothing at all.

After all...she is an expert at circumventing firewalls!

After getting out of the bush where she was hiding, she was seen running at a trot and then accelerating!

When she was only three steps away from the city wall, she jumped up like a green onion and flew against the city wall like a spring.

As she rose into the air, she pulled out the wakizashi from her lower back - the Echizen Yasatsuki given to her by Aoto - and held it behind her back with both hands, raising it above her head.

The tip of the knife points directly at the gaps between the stone bricks of the city wall!

With a bang, the wakizashi plunged hard into the stone crevice! Most of the blade was submerged in it!

It was like she was playing on a horizontal bar, hanging on the knife.

Next, she took a deep breath, shook her body a few times, gathered strength in her waist and abdomen, and then turned it upwards like origami, standing firmly on the handle of the knife.

This knife is inserted at a height of 3 meters... In this way, Kinoshita Mai is only less than 2 meters away from the top of the wall!

For Kinoshita Mai, this distance is no big deal! She can easily cross it by tiptoeing!

However, before continuing to jump up, she untied the tough rope wrapped around the handle of the knife.

After receiving this good sword from Qingto, Kinoshita Mai made certain modifications to the sword.

First, she painted the blade black with special black ink.

By doing this, you can hide the luster of the blade and better conceal yourself.

Next, she hollowed out the inside of the knife handle and filled it with a paste-like hemostatic medicine.

Just open the bottom of the knife handle and you can take out the hemostatic medicine inside for use.

Finally, she replaced the rolled handle of the knife's handle with a specially made tough rope strap.

The so-called handle roll is the circle of rope wrapped around the handle of the knife. It not only plays a beautiful role, but also enhances the friction between the palm and the handle of the knife.

First, it can be used to wrap wounds in an emergency.

Secondly, it can be used as a climbing rope like at this moment.

According to Mai Kinoshita, this "multifunctional sword" was one of the classic weapons of the ninjas during the Warring States Period.

After untying the rope on the handle and letting it fall to the ground, she used the handle as a foothold and jumped up.

Sure enough - she jumped up casually and climbed to the top of the wall effortlessly.

Qingdeng climbed up quickly along the hanging rope.

After climbing up to the hilt, he jumped to the top of the wall just like Kinoshita Mai did.

At the same time, he held the rope in his hand.

After landing firmly on the top of the wall, Kinoshita Mai took the rope back from Qingden's hand, and then used a strong force to pull the rope upwards - click - the wakizashi fell off from the crack in the stone.

, and then returned to his hands.

Immediately afterwards, the two left the top of the wall one after another, jumped into the wall, and fell back to the ground.

"Okay... let's consider it a good start."

Saying that, Kinoshita let out a sigh of relief.

Suddenly, the tips of Qingden's ears trembled a few times.

"...A Wu, be careful, an enemy is coming."

At the same time as Qingden finished speaking, two flickering candle lights appeared faintly not far away.

Look carefully - two warriors carrying lanterns are patrolling.

Soon, they discovered Qingto and Kinoshita Mai standing in the darkness.

"Who?!"

There was obviously no prior agreement, but Aoto and Mai Kinoshita started at the same time without any distinction! They ran towards the two samurai like a whirlwind!

Before the other party even had time to react, the two of them were already approaching him!

Vairocana drew a purple arc.

Echizen Yasutsugi draws straight lines.

Two puffs of blood mist merged into the night.

Takatori Castle is indeed a famous city with extremely complete defensive facilities, including watchtowers, high oars and other reconnaissance fortifications.

The movement here quickly attracted the attention of the sentries not far away.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! An enemy has sneaked in!"

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

The rapid sound of the gong not only broke the silence of the city, but also kicked off the bloody battle!

Qingden handed Vairocana to his left hand and murmured calmly:

"Oh, I'm going to get busy soon."
To be continued...